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Mail Tjibune
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
rOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY,. DECEMBER 2, 19:14.
No. 216.
By PAUL MAL1.0N
(Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon)
Paul Mallon
Improvement
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Business
was a little better In November. It
will be a little better than that In
December, and
January should
show a mite of
Improvement over
December.
That estimate
Is not Just the
usual whoopla
which seems to
be getting popu
lar again, but a
: reasonable view
of the situation
based on compe
tent figures and
studied expecta
tions.
What seemed to have happened is
that. In the early fall, strikes and
price uncertainty caused stocks of
goods to be depicted. Now the price
level Is drawing business confidence.
Stocks are being adjusted to demand
and demand also is asserting Itself
In replacements. The stock situa
tion Is such that the trend will un
doubtedly continue through Decem
ber and probably January.
All this means that we have had
a mental recovery, and that the men
tal recovery Is very slowly generating
better business. It does not mean
you should put any faith In the cur
rent cackltnit enthusiasts who think
everything la going to be bigger and
better at once, or any time soon.,
Christmas
The tip of those best able to Judge
the prospects of Christmas retail
trade is that It will be at least 40
per cent above last year, A heavy
movement of Christmas goods has
been noticeable. People seem to have
more money than last year, gtner
ally, and are more Inclined to spend
It. If advance expectations are real
ized, It will be the best Christmas
since 1030.
Prices
You probably have the wrong Idea
about prices from reading the gen
erally published figures. Everyone
thinks prices have been going up.
The truth la that the only prices
which have Increased materially this
year are those of foods and farm
products. The drouth did that, with
some debatable help from the AAA
program.
last January the price level ot
everything except foods and farm
products was 77.6. That was for the
first week of this year. For the
week of November 17 the compar
able figure was exactly 78.3, a dif
ference of less than a point.
During all that intervening per
iod, covering nearly a year, the
figure never went higher than 79.U
and never lower than the figure
for the first week in January. For
the last three months It has been
practically unchanged.
Money
That price situation seems to be
a rather broad response to Profes
sor Warren, the committee for the
nation. Father Coughlin and all
the others who think dollar devalua
tion la the key to price levels.
President Roosevelt devalued the
dollar January 31, and the price
level of all products not influenced
by the drouth is Just about the
same as before the devaluation. It
went up sUghtfly for a while because
of fear and speculation, but It soon
adjusted itself to more Important
matters than dollar devaluation
namely, supply and demand.
Incidentally, the Washington bal
lyhoo of last year, you may re
member, was bawd on the restora
tion of the 1928 price level. You
have not heard much of that lately,
and you won't.
What they are talking up now
Is for the readjustment of prices
to encourage distribution. They arc
not trying to fool with the general
prtce level any more.
Ralls
The only Index now going back
ward Is freight car loadings. You
wouid think that, with business
activity Increasing, the railroads
would be getting their share. They
are sharing, but the drouth hit
them so hard that their aversge
traffic' figure Is suffering.
Livestock and grain shipments arc
down to about 60 per cent of nor
mal. Ore and lumber are also down,
but other Items are holding their
own.
Notre
The building improvement was not
due to Che two bad boys, Mr.
Moffett and Mr. Irkes, but to a
flurry in residential construction.
It may not last. Foreclosures arr
still going on at the rate of about
30.000 a month, and while people
are losing their property at that
rate, the outlook is hardly rosy.
The textile settlement helped in
dustrial production and employment.
So did the frrowth of steel activity.
Losers in that index this month
Included automnb..es, shoes and to
bacco. There has been a pick-up In
gls.Mwere manufacturing, which In
dicate an rpe cunon of wide
spread synthetic Christmas cheer.
E FOR
REPUBLICAN .SHIP
'"Human Sympathy" Need
Says Oregon Solon Low
Interest Rates To Farm
ers And No Price Fixing
Favored.
TRANSOCEAN FLIER PLANS COAST-AUSTRALIA HOP
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 1. (AP)
The declaration that "the Republican
party should quit Its abstractions and
alarms and get down to the level of
human sympathy and human under
standing," was one of the quotations
In an Interview with United States
Senator Charles L. McNary, which the
Oregonlan printed tonight.
The Oregon senator, Republican
floor leader, was quoted to the effect
that the Republican party must do
its utmost to rescue the nation "in
co-operation with the administration
or otherwise."
In discussing the errors of Repub
lican leadership in the recent politi
cal campaigns, Senator McNary "broke
a comparative silence on political and
legislative subjects," the Oregonlan
said, on the eve of his departure for
the national capital and another ses
sion of congress.
"I offer no criticism of the sin
cerity of political sagacity of my Re
publican colleagues." the paper quot
ed McNary in connection with the
recent campaign, "but it should now
bn plain that a party cannot gain
the attention of a people distraught
by business and employment worries
by extolling the nobility of the fore
fathers, the sancltity of the consti
tution, and by spreading alarms over
regimenattion and bureaucracy."
The Oregon senator was then quot
ed as having declared: "'Regimenta
tion' is a fine, mouth-filling word
but It fills no empty stomachs, and
a man who Is worried over where
nextv month's rent is coming from
cannot be aroused to an interest in
the evils of bureaucracy.
Democrats Once Wobbly
"Six years ago It wae said that the
clock had, stopped for the Democratic
party," the quotation continued. "H
was predicted by Republicans that
the Solid South had been lastingly
shattered. The man who Is now
president of the United States was
the governor of New York.
"He did not believe the Demo
cratic party was beyond revival and
he set out to revive it. Whether it
was new leadership, or new Idea, or
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SEEK CALIFORNIA
PALS OF NELSON
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1. (AP)
Federal authorities pushed prepara
tions tonight for the roundup they
hope will snare all the California un
derworld characters who helped hide
the slain Oeorge (Baby Face) Nelson
during his sojourn In the San Fran
cisco bay area last summer.
As the body of the midwestern des
perado who reigned briefly as pub
lic enemy No. 1 was being given its
"last ride" In Chicago, Federal Dis
trict Attorney H. H. McPike an
nounced he would ask grand Jury
Indictments next Tuesday against
nearly a score of persons suspected
of harboring Nelson.
MELBOURNE SWEPT
BY WIND, TORRENT
MELBOURNE. Australia. Dec. 1
(AP) A terrific rain and wind
storm out of the southern seas to
day had brought death to at least
eight persons and caused property
damage of more than ftl. 225.000.
The storm was described as the
worst ever to visit this part of the
Island continent. For two days the
wind-swept torrents smote the city.
Scores of small boats were hurled
ashore and Inland seas a mile across
have been created in many cases
overnight.
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FEDtKAL EXPERTS
World News
At a Glance
Economic Signs Point To
Revival Unemployment
Listed As One Unfavor
able Depression Factor.
Charkt P. T. Ulm, co-pilot with Sir Charles Klngsford-Smith on hit California to Australia flight sev
eral yeare ago, plars to takeoff from Vancouver. B. C, for a second transpacific jaunt to Melbourne,
via Hawaii and Sua. Ulm (center) will be accompanied by George Littlejohn (left), co pilot, and Jay
Shillings (right), radio operator. Ulm said he might takeoff from Oakland, Cal., where this picture was
taken. (Associated Press Photo)
OAKLAND, Calir.. lire. I. (AP) Captain OhnrlM p. T. Clm annnuwe-d drflnltrl.v lie would not take, off
today on his trans-raclflc flight to ll innlulu and Australia, bat would to "Just hi soon as tvratlier permitted,"
probably tomorrow.
BALK DISARMING
MAKERS COLORFUL FLOAT
10 LEAD PARADE
TOLD STARTING 7:45
New Evidence Before Senate
'Sensational,' May Shake
Europe Hint Sabotage
At Peace" Conference
Hope For British Inquiry.
DEATH OR PRISON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (AP) New
evidence that munitions maKers act
ively sought to block disarmament
was arrayed today for public disclos
ure when the senate Investigating
committee renews Its hearings Tues
day. An Informed source reported that
the new evidence was so sensational
in character that "international re
verberations' would follow its intro
duction. Among other things, senate muni
tions committee members hoped the
disclosures would result in a thor
ough Inquiry Into the arms industry
In England, where an Investigation
already had been proposed, and In
other countries also.
Other committeemen were under
stood to feel proof that munitions
firms endeavored to sabotage peace
conferences would add a powerful ar
gument for supervision of the arms
traffic. Such supervision recently
was proposed by the state depart
ment. For the hearings which open Tues
day, the senate committee, headed by
Senator Rye (R., N. D.), has sum
moned officers of the Colt Patent
Firearms company, the Winchester
Arms company, the Remington Arms
company and the E. I. DuPont de Ne
mours company. DuPont officials
testified at the hearing last fall.
There was no Indication as to which
of these concerns, If any, had op
posed arms limitation agreements.
Slighting references by some muni
tions company officials to disarma
ment conferences and negotiations
already i.ave been introduced into the
record of the committee, which Is
conducting the first arms Inquiry
held by this or any other modern
nation.
A South American representative of
a New York submarine maker write
his firm that he could be sent as a
delegate to a Geneva peace confer
ence and suggested -that his employer
take care of his expenses.
The proposal was not accepted, but
In Informed quarters today It was
said that the data In possession of
the committee went beyond propos
als and definitely showed that arnu
concerns tried to make disarmament
parleys a failure.
f 'filial Wtlfarr Hmd
WARM SPRINGS, Dec. I. (API
President Roosevelt todiy advanced
Mis Catherine lr.r:ot. of Wiscon
sin, to the pot of r h;r nf t.i
rhrt a bu:eau of t;e dp,rtmen
of labor.
DENVER. Dec. 1. (AP) Final so
lution of the Denver mint robbery
12 years ago In which 1200.000 In
currency was snatched from armed
guards, was announced tonight by
Chief of Detectives A. T. Clark with
the Information that Harvry Bailey,
convicted kidnaper of Charles P
Vrerhel, Oklahoma City multi-millionaire,
was the driver of the robber
car.
Five men and two women all of
whom are now in prison or dead
ver lmulvrd In the crime which has
hffled the bet dettive minds in
country for mre than a decade
Cluk said.
COLLEGE EDITORS
CHICAGO. Dec. 1 .(API Western
conference college editors today tele
graphed Senator Huey p. Long (D..
La. I, collect, condemning what they
termed his "unwarranted cenvir
ship. over their collrsiues on the
Louisiana State university student
daily, "Reveille.''
The telegram was a copy of
double barrelled resolution adopted
as the first act or the Big Ten edi
torial association. The other shot
conieir,ne! the er,ator for hi
' sopic political meddling" in
'fiuttli txluUQisAl arfairs,"
Without lacking any of the en
thusiasm and brilliance of past
Christmas openings in Medford, the
celebration tomorrow evening that
will - usher In the Yuletide season
will bring pleasing and worthwhile
entertainment to Mother and Dad
ns well as Joy to the kiddles. Med
ford's many well known musical
organisations will be especially fea
tured In Christmas carols on the
streets of this city which may be
enjoyed by holiday crowds while
colorful Christmas window displays
are being viewed.
Tentative plans for . the Monday
evening program were announced
yesterday by Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann,
who heads the entertainment com
mittee for the merchants. A grand
parade will be held on Main and
Sixth streets, beginning at 7:45.
headed by a colorful Shell float
with live tumblers performing on
the brilliantly decorated truck plat
form. Among the musical groups
to be then featured will be the
Medford Gleemen. Jackson county
teachers' chorus. Elsie Strang's wo
men's chorus, the high school band
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GIRL, 14, HELD FOR
STABBING LIQUOR
CRAZED STEP-DAD
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1. iVP) A
14-year-old girl who "only Intndcn
to scare" her step-father was held In
the detention home here today
piiyslclana gave the step-father a
blood transfusion in an effort to save
his life from three stab wounds thev
said mlflht prove fatal..
"My step-father Is a good man but
when he drinks he goes crazy and Is
destructive," the girl, Constance
Forbes, told police.
Officers aid she told them the step
father, Thomas Forbes, waiter, came
home early today and demanded 2 tie
had given her a few days previously.
"I said I gave It back to mother," she
declared. "He did not believe me I
grabbed a kitchen knife and tried to
fare him. Then he chased me through
the house. Then he started breaking
my grandmother's table, I raised t j
kiife. X only meant to scare him."
i 111 III 1 j
FARK JOYFUL
Allegheny Streams At Flood
Stage Missouri, Idaho
. And Utah Blessed By
Snow '- Moisture " Short
age Lessened.
(By (lie Associated Press)
Floods, gales and heavy snowfall
dotted the American weather map
last night as the Missouri valley
continued to dig out of Its Thanks
giving snowstorm.
Northern Utah and southern Idaho
received snow Saturday. The storm
which Frldsy night deposited five
Inches of snow on the area continued
without ceasing to the gratification
of farmers and stockmen.
Fears of a 1035 shortage of muni
cipal and Irrigation water were dis
pelled by the snowfall in -that area
as readings In the. Wasatch moun
tains showed a total depth of 41
Inches this fall.
The eastern slope of the Allcghe
nles In the region of M&rtlnsburrf,
W. Vs., feared damage as, streams
rose suddenly to flood stage after a
3.10 Inch rainfall In 34 hours.
Already soaked with a week's rain
fall, the earth was unable to absorb
more and the heavy run-off soon
ralred the flood threat. The Shenen
doali river was 13 feet above normal
south of Martlnsburg and was ris
ing one foot each hour.
The Potomao at dam No. four was
reported to have risen six feet with
the crest of the flood not expected
to reach there until today. Both riv
ers surged over highways In low-lying
sections but without serious
damage.
Oregon coast towns were repairing
damage done Frldsy when one of
the worst gales of the season lashed
the coastline. Yesterday a raging
snowstorm piled snow six feet deep
In Crater lake national park.
All highways blocked In Missouri
by the Thanksgiving storm had been
cleared and normal traffic resumed.
IN LOS ANGELES
LOts A NO ELKS, Dec. I. f AP)
Tear gas bombs exploded again to
day In the heart of Los Angeles'
business district when police broke
up another late-afternoon demon
stration In the street car strike.
As federal mediators reported
"progress" In negotiations to end the
strike strife, pollre rushed to Sev
enth and Broad-ray when about fifty
men were reporter In "booing" dem
onstration as atrret ears passing the
busy intersection, scene of several
hectic engagements between police,
car crei and men identified as
strikers.
Today's ratuftiues hroiiEht afWd
names or the roster of bruised strlkr
L
WASHINGTON, Dec. I. ( AP) The
suggestion that an upward cycle
swing In business has begun was en- 1
closed today In an official memo
randum, drawn by a federal econo-!
mist and circulated among officials
In one important government agency. I
Three other government economists,
although unwilling to be quoted, are ,
known to have tentatively reached
this same conclusion. I
A cyclical swing is ordinarily un
derstood to mean a long term move
ment of business.
This opinion, however, Is not now
held by all government experts. In
fact, many of them doubt that thero
Is such a thing as this kind of an
economic cycle. There is evidence on
both sides of the long-term upward
swing thesis.
The principal tangible support of
the theory la the movement of vari
ous statistical Indicators against the
usual trend. This does not neces
sarily mean that conditions now are
unusually good, but simply that the
economic signals are pointing up de
spite depression forces.
The American Federation of Xbor
has reported that there are 560,000
more unemployed men' than In Octo
ber last year. While opinion varies
as to the accuracy of this figure and
the Immediate significance, the econ
omists seeing the upward swing hold
it Is one of the unfavorable factors
now slowly and steadily being over
come. A major Item In the analysis of
the four government economists who
see an upward trend is that a com
paratively continuous forward move
ment In the consumption goods In
dustries Is beginning to stimulate the
dormant capital goods Industries, .
By the Associated Prcs
Domestic.
WashingtonSenator Borah de
mands G. O. P. "revolution" unless
conservatives agree to complete party
reorganization.
Muskegon, Mich. Crew of 33 saved
In thrilling rescue from wrecked
"Jinx" freighter; one rescuer drowns.
Tulsa. Okla. Federal Judge's son.
Phillip Kennamer. 19, charged with
murder for Thanksgiving slaying of
youth; says he shot In self defense.
Police see extortion plot link.
Washington New evidence that
munitions makers tried to block dis
armament may bring international
reverberations.
Reno Ann Harding starts fight
for daughter "as mothernot ac
tress." Washington Huge Hopklns-Ickes
relief requests stir congressional row.
Warm Springs F. D. R. maps vast
work relief program; to consolidate'
emergency agencies.
Foreign.
Moscow Assassin kills Soviet poll- !
tlcal leader; "enemies of working !
class" blamed.
Paris Flandln gets rousing vote J
of confidence, pushes war chest bud
get. Berlin Hollywood girt held by
n a 7.1s to be expelled from Germany,
Rome Italy ponders African ex
pansion threat: delays answering in
vitation to denounce naval treaty.
Budapest World wheat control
plans Jeopardized by Argentine refus
al to be bound by pact.
Leeds, England Mother, 62, to
hang for "mercy murder" of son.
FDR S OBJECTIVE
TO PROVIDE IRK
AND Ei RELIEF
Public Housing Program
And Partial Bonus Pay
ments Favored Confers
With Hopkins And Rich
berg In Georgia
BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1. (API
Oregon state's financial standing
was reported In "excellent condl
tion'' here, today by Governor Julius
L. Meier, who with Mrs. Meier is
visiting In San Francisco.
Governor Meter said the Oregon
deficit, which he stated had been
running as high as 4.600.000. will
be reduced by more than 3.000,000
In the present blennlum. He at
tributed the reduction to strict
economy.
.Business conditions In Oregon,
Governor Meier said, are showing
general Improvement.
NKW YORK, Dec. 1. (AP) The
New York American says evidence es
sential to the prosecution of Dutch
flchultr, on income tax evasion charges
has been reported missing from the
files of the treasury department and
federal officials. Bchulta surrender
ed to authorities this week and Is
held In lack of e 100 .000 bond.
Several sheafs of documents, the
newspaper asserts, cannot be found.
Including confidential reports on
Scbults's financial activities used In
presenting the case to the grand jury.
The American adds there was no
Indication whether the files were mis
laid or stolen and also declares de
partment of Justice agents have un
der surveillance a Broadway building
housing many lawyers' offices, In con
nectlon with the esse.
Oregon: Unsettled Sunday with
occasional rains west and local rain
or snow east portion; Monday fair
but with considerable cloudiness
west portion; little charge In tem
perature; fresh south to west wind
off the cosst.
Outlook for week. December 8
1 to 8. Inclusive: Fair weather except
'occasions! periods of rain in Wash
jlndton, Oregon and northern Idaho
Temperatures will be normal.
COLUMBIA BRIDGE
HEARING DEC. 18
STEIWER SEES NO
WASHINGTON, LVC. I fAPl
The biard of army engineers today
et December IB for a hesrmg on
the proposed toll bridge across the
Columbia river at Astoria, Ore.
The' hearing will be held In here
The propose! bridge w:u:d con
nect highway a Ion? the Oregon
4 and Wshinngioa Gouw
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (AP)
The opinion that the United States
la gradually being forced into
naval armament race with Japan
was expressed today by Senator
Steiwer (R , Ore.)
He dried the United States "la
getting the worst or the deal" in
the preliminary naval conversations
in London, but asserted that It
would be "Impossible" to grant naval
parity to the Japanese.
lumber llti'ltieo St r ml j
PORTLAND. Ore, Dec. 1. ( API
The Western Pine association today
reported that new business amount
ed to 39.148.000 feet during the
week ending vovember 34. This was
about two per cent under the three
vesr weekly ave:sge (ir November,
nd one per rent less than for the
IS
WARM SPRIN03, Ga., Dee. I.
(AP) President Roosevelt moulded a
new and vast work relief program con
solidating various existing emergency
agencies in a conference today of his
principal aides.
Ho laid down the objective of work
In place of unprofitable direct aid
grunts as reports for this goal were
received from Donald Rich berg, di
rector of the emergency council;
Harry L. Hopkins, relief administra
tor, and Rexford Guy Tugweil, under
secretary of agriculture and Intimate
consultant.
Mr. Roosevelt reserved his Judg
ment on details as the Saturday af
ternoon party in the little White
House cottage on Pine mountain end
ed, but It appeared certain that out
of It would come a huge public
works program calling for housing
construction and probably payment
of bonus to veterans on relief rolls.
Richberg, who flew here from the
Tennessee Valley development and
departed late In the day by plan,
said no formal recommendations were
submitted for a permanent NRA. but
he repeated his suggestions for re
tention of the principle of collective
bargaining on a voluntary basis as
set forth in the existing article 7-A
of the national recovery act.
LffKDS, England, Dec. 1. (AP)
Mrs. Mary BrownhlU 63 years old,
grey-haired and . frail today was
sentenced to be hanged for the
"mercy murder" of her Imbertle
son.
A Jury needed only five minutes-
to rind her guilty.
The woman, arter 80 years spent
nursing her Imbecile son Denis,
gave htm 100 sedative tablets and
turned on the gas when she learned
aho faced an operation which might
cost he- life.
She feared that Denis. left alone.
would suffer what a physician call
ed a "veritable living death," it was
testified.
Mrs. Brownell heard the verdict
stoically, head erect, Asked If she
wished to address the court, she
said "I did It In mercy." Many in
the courtroom wept.
The Judge, under English law had
no alternative but to sentence her
to death.
Donning his black cap to Impose
the sentence of death, the Judge
said:
"We have to take the law as It
Is, always remembering that Id
other, higher hands, mercy may be
extended. No person in this country
has the right to take the life of
any other human being because he
or she thinks It would be better for
him to die."
EVIDENCE FADES
GANGSTER'S CASE EAT PROTEINS TO
BE SLENDER GALS
CHICAGO, Dec. t. (AP) Don't
hunger-strike for that sylph -like
more proteins 1
That was the prescription given
today by Dr. Leo K. Campbell of
Rush Medical college after trying
It out on his patients.
Without becoming dinner table
martyrs, they lost from 10 pounds
In four weeks to 05 pounds in ten
months an average of two to three
pounds cast off every week.
Here's how:
Decide what your Ideal weight
would be. Then serve yourself a
gram of protein for every pound of
the estimated perfect wleght; with
the calories 10 per cent below the
minimum requirement for the Individual.
WINS DAM ACTION
TILLAMOOK LIGHT
E
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. I. (AP)
eTIve men three of them suffering
from severe colds were removed late
today from the Tillamook Rock light
house, where raging seas had kept
them virtual prisoners more than
three weeks.
Over dashing waves through which
no craft dare come close to the rock,
the men were swung on a breeches
budy set up after the lighthouse
tender . Rose finally succeeded in
"shooting" a line to the rock.
Fresh, groceries and other supplies
and two rello? lighthouse attendants
were landed on the rock over tii
breeches buoy which operates on pul
leys like an endless clothesline.
R. R. Tinkham, district lighthouse
superintendent, announced the ten
der Rose sent a wireless to him that
the men were removed end woud be
landed at Astoria.
Henry Jenkins, acting head keeper;
Ed Laschluger, storm keeper, and
Harry Ratty, foreman of a repair
crew, were all suffering from colds.
Others removed were Werner Storm,
a keener, and Can Hanel, a member
of the working group.
Those deposited on the half-acre
rock, which Is a mile off the Oregon
coast and completely surrounded by
drop water, were William Hill, regu
lar head keeper, and H. W. Banner,
relief lightship wireless operator.
Astoria Pioneer Celebrates
ASTORIA. Ore., Dec. 1. (AP)
Astoria's oldest pioneer resident wlU
celebrate her 100th birthday here
tomorrow. She Is Mrs. Eliza Jane
Hustler, bom in Illinois In 1034,
who has lived la Astoria since her
parents settled here la 1848.
yrlan Workers Perish
BEIRUT. Syria, Dec. I. (AP)
Thirteen workmen were crushed or
burned to death, and eight serious
ly Injured today In the explosion
and collapse of a port warehouse)
where oils and powder are stored,
previous week.
SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. I (API
Mrs. C. M. Payne today was award
ed 018.500 in her suit agalnnt David
H. Ryan, of San Diego, because
she failed to get a contract at the
Grand Coulee dam that she said
Ryan promised her.
Ryan, ho had a contract from
the federal government for prelim
inary excavation at the site of the
trwooO.OOO hydro-electric project on
I the Columbia river In central Wssh
llnglon, was alleged to iiave agreed
to have Mrs. Payne's company move
I 000 000 yards of material. Ryan
contended that Mrs Payne was not
Munctally cm p hit of completing
alas con tree U
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Nov.
30. RoHding the list of guest
it bit; wedding in London,
Grand Dulse Diniitri of Russia,
Cinind Duchess Xenia of Ruk
iin, Grand Duke Vladimir of
llussin. Moscow will get a kick
out of tlint.
Then there was a big bunch
of German ex-nobility. It was
really a pre-war gathering. It
iwas a very graeious thing of
I King George of Knclnnd to diif
I up nil these old "has bcens"
and let 'em live over nunin past
j glories. Kven if it was just for a
day.
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